Printing-machine.



J. UOLLISON.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.18,1908.

925 ,458, Patented June 22, 1909.

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PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.18.1908.

Patented June 22, 1909.

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- OOLLISON, OF EVANSVZLLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ilNE HALF TO BENJAMIN R GRAYGROFT, 0F EVANSVKLLE, INDIANA.

Specification or? Letters Patent,

Patented June 22,, 1909.

Application filed Becember 18, 159x12. Serial No. 168,250.

Tool! whom it may concern."

Be it known thatl, Jomv CoLLisoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Printingdiachine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to printing machines of that type desi ned to print tickets and the like at the time of sale.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character employing a web or ta 'e designed to be fed to the printing roll on y while the uppression is being made, said weh remaining stationary between the prin ting operations.

Another object is to provide shearing mechanism designed to be actuated by the printing roll while the web is at rest.

A still further object is to provide improved means for moving the web, said means being positively actuated intermittently by the printing roll.

A further ohject is to -)rovide' a printing roll the rioting surface of which extends but partly in erc-around, and is designed to cooperate with platen for the purpose of grip ping and shifting the web during a portion of the rotation of the printing roll.

.VVith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out iii'the claims.

' In the accom van in drawin s the )1'9- ferred form of the invention has been shown. In said drawings :-'-Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete machine. Fig. 2 is a lan view of the printin mechanism thereof. ig. 3 is a section on t .e line A-QBFig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of said machine,

the shearing blade being shown in its normal A hearing stud dis located centrally withii. the cage and is designed to. support a spool 5- on which a web ortape 6 is wound. Any

suitable means such as a spring strip 7 may be utilized for retaining the spool upon the ly secured at side of the cage so as to permit the Web to loe. readily placed in or removed from position upon the stud 4-.

Journaled within the. frame 2 and close to. the cage 3 are upper and lower feed rolls 8 and 9, said rolls having gearsIO mounted to rotate therewith and which mesh so as to tate with the printing roll 12, and is do ront signed to mesh, fora portion of its rotation,

with a gear 1 1, meshing with the gear '10 of the upper feed roll 8. A stereotype plate 15.

is secured upon the peripheral portion of the roll 12, the ends thereof being the same num. her of degrees apart as the end teeth of the mutilated gear 13. Said gear and the stereotype plate however are so located with relation to each other that the last tooth of the gear 13 moves out of mesh with the gear 14 at the same time that the stereotype plate 15 passes out of the pass between rolls 12 and 11. Moreover the first tooth of gear 13 will move into mesh with the gear 14 simultaneously'with the entry of the stereotype plate. I

An inking roll 16 is mounted A cam 17-rotat'es with the roll 12 and is designed, once during each rotation of the roll '12, to elevate an arm 18 extendingffrom a v I A'fingel 20 extends upwardly from said bar and is rock-bar 19 journaled in the frame 2.

late and not-with. t e ex-' posed periphera portion of the roll 12.

held normall in a redeteriiiined v)ositionf' by a spring 21 attached to the frame 2. Lifting arms. 22 extend from the rock-bar 19 andare designed to work within slots 23,

formed within the end of frame 2.. The free ends of these arms'22 project loosely into openings 24 formed in the upper portion, of a knife 25 having upper and lower guide slots 26 and 27 respectively, The upper slot 26 has a guide screw 28 projecting therethrough and engaging the end of the frame 2, while the lower slot 27 is lapped by a-retaining plate 29, the lower edge of which is normally close to and parallel with the lower or cut ting edge of the knife 25. This retaining plate has an opening 30 therein for the reception of a tongue 31 extendin at right angles from a locking plate 32. his tongue is designed to be seated within a socket 33 formed in the end of frame 2 and the two ting apparatus is preferably secured within a I then rotated the stereotype will be inked as it passes under' mechanism is thus left stationary whilethe recess 34 inv the front end of frame 2 and with its cutting edge rojecting slightly above the lower wal of a s ot35 extending transversely within said wall. The blade 25 is held by the arms 22 and spring 21 normally in posi tion above the slot 35. As shown in Fig. 3 a wear plate 36 is preferably secured to the front end of the frame 2 and directly back of the lower portion of the knife blade 25. A guide plate 37 is secured to the frame 2 and practically extends from the front end of the frame 2 to the ath between the rolls 11 and 12. Any suitable means may be utilized for actuating the press. In Fig.2 a crank38 has been shown connected to the shaft of roll 12.

When it is desired to use the device herein described the web roll is placed within the cage 3 and the end of the web inserted between rolls 8 and 9 and between rolls 11 and 12, the end of the web being permitted to rest. upon the guide plate 37. Roll 12 is by means of the crank 38, and

the roll 16. As soon as the stereotype plate enters the pass between therolls 11 and 12 the mutilated gear 13 moves into mesh with the gear 14, and the feeding rolls 8 and 9 are thus set in motion. The web 6 will there- 'fore be drawn forward by the rolls 8 and 9 and also by'the stereotype plate 15, which, presses the web against the platen 11. As the first impression is made ulpon the web the printed part of said web 'wil assume a position between the slot 35 and the path be tween rolls 11 and 12. Upon the completion of the first impression the stereotype 15 moves out of contact with the web, and, at the same time, the mutilated gear 13 moves out of mesh withthe gear 14. The feeding roll 12 continues to .ievolv. The cani -17 6 5 elevates the arm 18 during this free rotation of the roll 12 and causes the arms 22 to was the blade 25 downwardly so as to out o the projecting portion of the web 6. As soon as cam 17 passes from under the arm 18the'70 sprin 21 operates to automatically return t e blade 25, rock-bar 19, and arm 18 to their normal positions. When the foregoing o eration is repeated the mechanism fijfises t e web 6 longitudinally, so as to project the 75. previously printed ticket beyond the frame 2, while the second ticket is being printed, and, during the pause occurring subsequent to this second printin operation, the pro-- truding ticket is severe in the manner here-- inbefore described. 7

It is to be understood of course that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

-VVhat is claimed is I 1. In a machine of the class described a drive shaft, a frame su porting thesame said frame having a wel receivin opening therein, a longitudinally slotte cutti' blade slidably mounted upon the frame an above the o ening, guiding andretaining means exten ing through the slot and engagin the frame, a platen mounted for rotation be ow the drive shaft,- means for guidin a web from the platen to the openin wit in the frame, a rinting roll mounte on the driveshaft an revoluble therewith,said roll and platen cooperating for shifting a web through the opening only while an impres sion is being made, a rock shaft, means extending therefrom for movabiy enga 'ng the cutting blade, elastic means 0 r hol 1n the 7 blade and rock shaft normally in pre eter 106 mined iositions, and means actuated by the drive s aft subsequent to the impression b the printing roll to shift the blade longitude nally across the opening in the frame and shear the web therein. 1 110 2. A machine of the class described oomrising a frame having a web receiving openmg, a shearing blade slidably mounted upon the frame above the p ening said blade having longitudinal slotst erein, combined guid- '11? ing and retaining means extending through the slots for engagemenwith the frame ya rock shaft journaled thin the frame, means extending therefrom and movably enga ing the blade, elastic means forholding 1, the b ade and rock shaft normally prede-- tor-mined positions, a drive shaft, a printing roll thereon and movable therewith, a-eam upon the shaft, means upon the shaft and cooperating with the; cam for actuating-the rock shaft and shea'ing blade subsequent to each impression by he printing roll, a platenl below the printing roll and cooperating therewith to shift a Web longitudinally I my own, I have hereto afiixed my signatun through the openinbg in the flame only While in the presence of two witnesses} an 1m resslon is ein ma e, 006 erating i feed rolls and means situated by the drive 3 JOHN 5 shaft for actuating the feed' rolls only while- Witnesses: d

an impression isbein made. JACOB N; DAUNHAUEK, In testimony that claim the foregoing as I ADOLPH J. VVFIC-m: 

